August sales tax receipts up for Gonzales County municipalities

Three of the four Gonzales County municipalities — Gonzales, Nixon and Waelder — saw increases in sales tax allocations for August 2025 when compared to the prior year.

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.3 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 5.2 percent more than in August 2024.

These allocations are based on sales made in June by businesses that report tax monthly and on sales made in April, May and June by quarterly filers.

Combined sales tax allocations for the month of August 2025 for all four municipalities were $333,882.19, up $23,838.57, or 7.69 percent, from the $310,043.62 received in August 2024 and $17,079.76 more than the $316,802.43 received during July 2025.

For the year, municipalities have gotten back $2,633,644.71, up $178,593.18, or 7.27 percent, above the $2,455,051.53 received through this point last year.

Texas imposes a 6.25 percent state sales and use tax on all retail sales, leases and rentals of most goods, as well as taxable services. Cities can charge up to 1.5 percent and counties can charge 0.5 percent for a total of 8.25 percent.

Gonzales saw an 8.67 percent increase, or $22,611.44, in sales tax allocations for August 2025 above the August 2024 allocation. The largest city in the county, which generates the lion’s share of sales tax revenue, received $283,292.89, compared to $260,681.45 last year. For the year, the city has received $2,236,898.34, up 8.45 percent or $174,416.72 more than the $2,062,481.62 Gonzales took in during by the two-thirds mark of 2024.

Sales tax receipts were up comparatively for Nixon, which received $35,271.46, up $243.14, or 0.69 percent, from the $35,028.32 received in August 2024. For the year, the city has taken in $271,855.10, equal to 1.56 percent or $4,176.46 more than the $267,678.64 Nixon took in during the first eight months of 2024.

Smiley’s sales tax receipts were at $2,492.97, down $568.09 or 18.55 percent, below the $3,061.06 received in August 2024. For the year, the city has received $34,963.78, which is 34.66 percent or $9,001.19 more than the $25,962.59 received through this point last year.

Finally, Waelder received a total of $12,824.87, an increase of $1,552.08 or 13.76 percent, more than the $11,272.79 received in August 2024. For the year, the city has taken in $89,927.49, which is 8.85 percent or $7,313.42 more than the $82,614.07 the city had taken in up to this point last year.

Three cities in Gonzales County — Gonzales, Nixon and Waelder — collect a 1.5 percent sales tax rate, while Smiley collects a 1 percent sales tax.

Gonzales County itself also receives a 0.5 percent sales and use tax and for the month of August 2025, the county received $208,910.10, which is 4.28 percent or $8,584.39 more than the $200,325.71 received in August 2024.

For the year, the county has received $2,041,995.23, which is 2.68 percent or $56,308.86 less than the $2,098,304.09 the county took in during the first eight months of 2024.